Superintendent Diane Mandry wrote in an email sent this afternoon that the board received permission from the bidders to extend the bids so the board could consider them at the next regular meeting.

The board originally scheduled tonight's 7 p.m. meeting to comply with legal requirements to vote on a bid within 60 days of opening, Mandry wrote in an email at the end of last week. The next scheduled meeting is June 27 at 7 p.m. at the school, 240 Route 519, according to Mandry's email and the district's website.

Advanced Solar Products, Inc., offered the lowest estimate to
complete the project. Other estimates were as high as $1.72 million. The
school board opened eight bids on April 19, according to the board's agenda.

Resident Trish Becker questioned whether the school canceled the
meeting because people challenged whether its scheduling met Open Public
Meetings Act requirements. She said the school is jerking residents around with its last-minute schedule changes.

"It's a very mercurial situation, and it doesn't
pass the smell test," Becker said.

Becker feels the solar project is a
distraction from the board's primary purpose of educating Pohatcong's children, she said.